Internal Auditor

Overview

The Internal Audit Advisor leads and executes complex internal audit, risk, and controls initiatives, with a significant focus on Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) readiness and enhancing the organization’s internal control environment. The role leverages expertise in SOX, financial reporting risks, and business process controls to support a robust and sustainable internal controls framework.

This position is strictly focused on internal audit activities and does not involve direct access to Protected Health Information (PHI), Personally Identifiable Information (PII), or any secured or confidential client data. Work is limited to internal audit and does not include handling or processing sensitive health or personal information.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate business processes and controls to identify key financial and operational risks.
• Assess whether controls are appropriately designed to mitigate identified risks.
• Lead process walkthroughs and perform risk and control assessments.
• Evaluate control design and operating effectiveness, and identify gaps in processes, documentation, and control execution.
• Support SOX readiness activities, including:
  • Assessing the control environment against public-company requirements.
  • Enhancing process documentation, risk and control matrices, control design, and evidence standards.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, and other business functions to identify and remediate control gaps.
• Develop scalable controls that support future SOX compliance.
• Provide practical guidance on internal controls, risk mitigation, remediation activities, and process improvements to process owners and senior leadership.
• Constructively challenge existing practices, identify root causes of control deficiencies, and recommend solutions that balance risk mitigation, operational efficiency, and business needs.
• Prepare high-quality audit and controls documentation, reports, and presentations.
• Communicate complex control matters clearly to stakeholders at various levels.
• Assist with planning, execution, and documentation of SOX compliance activities, including:
  • Assessing control design and operating effectiveness.
  • Documenting test results.
  • Performing quality reviews of SOX testing workpapers, evidence, and conclusions prepared by other auditors.
  • Supporting remediation efforts where necessary.
• Coordinate with external auditors and other third parties as needed for SOX readiness, internal control assessments, and related initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Professional certification such as CA, CPA, or CIA.
• Prior experience at a Big 4 public accounting firm.
• 8+ years of experience in Internal Audit, External Audit, Risk Advisory, or a related assurance function.
• Significant hands-on experience with SOX compliance, SOX readiness, and internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR).
• Strong knowledge of the COSO Internal Control Framework and its practical application to business processes and financial reporting.
• Demonstrated experience identifying financial reporting risks and evaluating and testing business process controls.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to engage effectively with business process owners.
• Hands-on experience developing and reviewing process narratives, flowcharts, risk and control matrices, control descriptions, and testing documentation.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, accounting processes, and how business process risks relate to financial reporting assertions.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified in the job description.

Location

• Remote opportunity
• Work timing: 1 PM to 11 PM IST